Writing screenplays makes me a better musician because it clears my head. After writing a movie, I go running back to music as fast as I can.

The body becomes the carrier for the work. It's not really about the physical body; it really becomes the apparatus that carries and moves the work. I don't really consider the body as much; I look at it as a tool.

Said 2,000 years of Christian history, baby And you ain't learned to love me yet?

Songs need to have the ability to change and to grow for sure. They take on lives of their own. Some songs just don't have that capacity. They're locked within a period of time. And as soon as you take them out of that period of time, they die very quickly.

Writing is a necessary thing for me, just to keep myself level. It has beneficial effects on my life.

Accessible local libraries are vital to communities and to children.

The concept of God in America is very different than it is in England. Because we see the horrendous outcome of religion as being an American thing, in which the name of God has been hijacked by a gang of psychopaths and bullies and homophobes, and the name of God has been used for their own twisted agendas.